Minneapolis, MN Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)

No person shall erect, build, set up, keep or maintain any house, store, shop or other building or structure, or leave, deposit or place any boxes, merchandise, timber, planks, boards, shingles, casks, barrels, hogsheads, lumber, bricks, stones, trucks, carts, wagons, sleds, carriages upon or in any street, alley or sidewalk. No person shall place, leave, throw, drop or scatter any stones, bricks, mortar, earth, wood, shavings, offal, garbage, rubbish or any other material or substance upon any street, alley, sidewalk or public ground. Any person drawing or transporting any of the aforesaid articles or substances through or upon any of the streets or alleys shall convey and carry the same in tight wagons, carts or boxes so constructed and covered by canvas or other suitable material that such articles and substances cannot fall out or be scattered upon the streets or alleys. If any such articles or substances shall for any reason fall or be scattered upon any street or alley, the same shall be forthwith removed by the person at such time in charge of the vehicle from which such article or substance fell or was scattered.

(Code 1960, As Amend., § 583.010)

Charter reference— Authority to prevent street and sidewalk obstructions, Ch. 4, § 5(6).

Cross reference— For further prohibition against littering, see § 225.10.

State Law reference— Obstructing public ways declared nuisance, M.S. § 609.74.